The Forbidden City

For the palace complex in Beijing, see Forbidden City.
The Forbidden City

Advertisement in Moving Picture World, September 1918
Directed by Sidney Franklin
Produced by Joseph M. Schenck
Written by Mary Murillo
George Scarborough (story)
Starring Norma Talmadge
Thomas Meighan
Cinematography H. Lyman Broening
Edward Wynard
Production
company
Norma Talmadge Film Corporation
Distributed by Select Pictures Corporation
Release dates
  • October 6, 1918 (1918-10-06)
Running time
 62 minutes
Country United States
Language Silent (English intertitles)
The Forbidden City

The Forbidden City is a 1918 American silent film starring Norma Talmadge and Thomas Meighan and directed by Sidney Franklin. A copy of the film is in the Library of Congress and other film archives.[1]

Plot

The plot centers around an inter-racial romance between a Chinese princess (Talmage) and an American (Meighan). When palace officials discover she has become pregnant she is sentenced to death. In the latter part of the film Talmadge plays the now adult daughter of the affair, seeking her father in the Philippines.

Cast (in credits order)

References

  1. ↑ Progressive Silent Film List: The Forbidden City at silentera.com
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